The 65th annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. In case you’ve been hearing the prominent awards such as “Album of the Year”, “Record of the Year” etc, there are actually other aspects of music that the institution actually awards. From Song of the Year to categories of Pop, Rap, Dance/Electronic, Rock, Alternative, R&B, we provide the descriptions per category and of course the 2023 winners:
- Record Of The Year
Description: “Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist”
2023 Winner: About Damn Time by Lizzo
Ricky Reed & Blake Slatkin, producers; Patrick Kehrier, Bill Malina & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Emerson Mancini, mastering engineer
- Album Of The Year
Description: “Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s).”
2023 Winner: Harry’s House by Harry Styles
Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon & Sammy Witte, producers; Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Spike Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Tobias Jesso, Jr., Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon, Mitch Rowland, Harry Styles & Sammy Witte, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
- Song Of The Year
Description: “A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: Just Like That
Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)
- Best New Artist
Description: “This category recognizes an artist whose eligibility-year release(s) achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.”
2023 Winner: Samara Joy
- Best Pop Solo Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: Easy On Me- Adele
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop recordings. Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: Unholy- Sam Smith & Kim Petras
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new traditional pop recordings.”
2023 Winner: Higher- Michael Bublé
- Best Pop Vocal Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new pop vocal recordings.
2023 Winner: Harry’s House -Harry Styles
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Description: “For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.”
2023 Winner: BREAK MY SOUL- Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Jens Christian Isaksen & Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, producers; Stuart White, mixer
- Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Description: “For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.”
2023 Winner: Renaissance – Beyoncé
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% or more playing time of instrumental material. For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new recordings.”
2023 Winner: Empire Central – Snarky Puppy
- Best Rock Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.”
2023 Winner: Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile
- Best Metal Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.”
2023 Winner: Degradation Rules – Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi
- Best Rock Song
Description: “A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
- Best Rock Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.”
2023 Winner: Patient Number 9 – Ozzy Osbourne
- Best Alternative Music Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative Alternative music recordings.”
2023 Winner: Chaise Longue – Wet Leg
- Best Alternative Music Album
Description: “Vocal or Instrumental.”
2023 Winner: Wet Leg – Wet Leg
- Best R&B Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.”
2023 Winner: Hrs & Hrs – Muni Long
- Best Traditional R&B Performance
Description: “For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.”
2023 Winner: PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA – Beyoncé
- Best R&B Song
Description: “A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: CUFF IT -Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
- Best Progressive R&B Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of newly recorded progressive vocal tracks derivative of R&B.”
2023 Winner: Gemini Rights – Steve Lacy
- Best R&B Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new R&B recordings.”
2023 Winner: Black Radio III – Robert Glasper
- Best Rap Performance
Description: “For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar
- Best Melodic Rap Performance
Description: “For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.”
2023 Winner: WAIT FOR U – Future Featuring Drake & Tems
- Best Rap Song
Description: “A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.”
2023 Winner: The Heart Part 5 – WINNER
Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar & Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
- Best Rap Album
Description: “For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new rap recordings.”
2023 Winner: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
For Part 2 of this article [LINK], we list other categories. Head to live.GRAMMY.com to watch all the GRAMMY performances, acceptance speeches, the GRAMMY Live From The Red Carpet livestream special, the full Premiere Ceremony livestream, and even more exclusive, never-before-seen content from the 2023 GRAMMYs.#
